Recently the foci of VL has shifted from rural villages to large cities as a result of migration of settlers from villages into these cities creating densely populated ghettos living sub-standard housing with improper sanitation and keeping farm animals in their gardens. ... Unlike the VL in Brazil, in East Africa, where VL is most prevalent, it is spread through human-to-human transmission without animal reservoir. ...

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